Security risks are real, and most teams are underprepared.

Security often competes with product work. Small teams rarely have dedicated staff or mature practices in place.

Open buckets, insecure APIs, and excessive IAM permissions are high-risk areas.

Enforce MFA, limit access by role, audit services, and review security group rules.

Map risks to controls, track activity, and document processes early. Don’t wait for an audit to start caring.

Use tools to enforce policies, scan for misconfigurations, and alert in real time.

AWS and Azure offer strong foundations, but you may need extra tooling for visibility, logging, and threat detection.

Least privilege, MFA, logging, and real-time monitoring go a long way.

Engineers, founders, and ops leads all play a part. Security should be a shared responsibility.

You can make major improvements without a formal audit. But audits are a useful benchmark as you grow.

Critical Cloud helps SMBs build secure, compliant infrastructure without slow ticketing systems or vendor lock-in. We combine real engineers with smart automation to keep your cloud secure, fast, and audit-ready.